and ‘gain an unfair advantage’ over principled businesses. This viewpoint was libertarian in nature‚ as it did not include concern for total social wellbeing but supported prevention of negative interference which restricted the liberty of others (Shaw et al‚ 2009). This limited perspective focused on fair profit maximisation‚ whilst not apportioning accountability on firms to concern the interests of all stakeholders. My initial position was devoid of utilitarian principle‚ though after engaging
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Do you agree with Milton Friedman’s (1970) claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate
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1.0 Introduction: About The Company Figure 1: Carl’s Jr.’s Logo Carl’s Jr. is a world-renowned fast food chain that was founded by a young married couple‚ Carl and Margaret Karcher‚ in 1941 in California‚ United States. It all began when they decided to take the risk and buy a hot dog cart at $326 by borrowing $311 against their automobile and another $15 from their savings. Fortunately‚ their little business grew to four hot dog carts after just a few years before finally opening their
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E. M. Forster’s short story The Machine Stops‚ published in 1909‚ was ahead of its time and predicted many of the technologies we possess now such as instant messaging and the internet. The story takes place in a future society where humans live underground in isolation and rely on a machine for all their needs. Most of their communication is done through screens that are able to show video. The people hardly have face to face contact and when confronting each other‚ avoid touching (Forster). This
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21:8080/dspace/bitstream/123456789/1193/1/Corporate%20social%20responsibility%20an%20issues%20paper.pdf Kant‚ I Pohle‚ G.‚ Hittner‚ J. (2008) Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Retrieved from http://www-935.ibm.com/services/au/gbs/pdf/csr_re.pdf Shaw‚ W.H.‚ Barry‚ V.‚ Sansbury‚ G Wells‚ H. (2002). The Cycles of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Historical Retrospective for the Twenty-First Century‚ Vol. 51‚ p. 77-140‚ 2002 Wood‚ D.J Zadek‚ S. (2000). Doing Good and Doing Well: Making the Business Case
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[11] Audrey Totter‚ 95‚ American actress.[12] Charles Marstiller Vest‚ 72‚ American academic‚ President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990–2004).[13] 11[edit] Nadir Afonso‚ 93‚ Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter.[14] Kate Barry‚ 46‚ British photographer‚ fall.[15] George H. Buck‚ Jr.‚ 84‚ American music industry executive.[16] Loretta Fuddy‚ 65‚ American health official‚ director of the Hawaii Department of Health‚ plane crash.[17] Luigi Menti‚ 79‚ Italian footballer.[18]
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Psychology 2011‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 1‚ 80 –94 © 2011 American Psychological Association 1076-8998/11/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0021708 I Know What You Did: The Effects of Interpersonal Deviance on Bystanders Merideth Ferguson Baylor University Bruce Barry Vanderbilt University Using social information processing theory‚ we explore how interpersonally directed deviance affects work group members who observe or are aware of these insidious behaviors. In a field study‚ we find that indirect knowledge
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two main reasons for this outcome. Primarily‚ corporations are instruments to be used by typically self-centred individuals – they act predominantly in their own interest and to do so is to maximise the profits of the corporation. As I draw upon Shaw & Barry (2007)‚ I will show that corporations are run by individuals with egoistic objectives‚ who despite their personal views‚ are often forced to run corporations with profitability as their primary and sometimes only purpose. Consequently‚ individuals
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Shaw‚ Stepehn. Airline Marketing and Management (7th Edition). : Ashgate Publishing Group‚ . p 16 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10470883?ppg=16 Copyright © Ashgate Publishing Group. . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher‚ except fair uses permitted under U.S. or applicable copyright law. Shaw‚ Stepehn. Airline Marketing and Management (7th Edition). : Ashgate Publishing Group‚ . p 17 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10470883?ppg=17 Copyright
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showed the first full black regiment under the command of historic hero of the Federal Union Army‚ Robert Gould Shaw‚ from how it was created and how it achieved fame. The setting of the film is the beginning of the Civil War in 1862. Robert Gould Shaw twenty three years old is a son of a wealthy Boston Abolitionist. Shaw registered to fight for the Federal government during the Civil War. Shaw would write letters frequently back to his family in Massachusetts telling he’s stories in the Union Army‚ just
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